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Road Worrier: If you blow a .05, safety board says you’re not fit to drive

Some Triangle drivers worry that a proposed new DWI standard lowering the blood-alcohol concentration from .08 to .05 would threaten the pleasures of social drinking.

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Road Worrier: More traffic, not less, since 540 tolls started

Car counts fell when a five-year-old stretch of the 540 Outer Loop lost its toll-free status in August. But many drivers decided the toll was worth it, and the numbers rebounded.
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Road Worrier: Stop for that school bus or lose your license, NC legislators say

The state Senate has passed a bill to revoke the licenses of any driver who fails to stop for a stopped school bus. A House committee will consider a combination of revocations and fines.
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Road Worrier: NC leaders postpone worries about transportation taxes

More than a dozen states are passing or considering gas tax hikes and other proposals to bolster lagging funds for transportation needs. For now, North Carolina leaders say they’ll focus on spending their dwindling dollars more efficiently.
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Road Worrier: Ramp meters say stop now to go later

A consultant recommends ramp meters for 12 Triangle interstate interchanges. NCDOT engineers say they could reduce rush-hour congestion by smoothing out the flow of traffic entering the freeway.
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Road Worrier: Coastal legislators push for elimination of all NC ferry tolls

Three Republican legislators who voted to raise ferry tolls in 2011 are pushing new legislation to cancel the new tolls - and to make other ferries toll-free, too.
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Road Worrier: Walking, bus-riding improve at NC State as cars blocked

Through-traffic is barred from a busy NC State street on weekdays when classes are in session. Now the campus buses are running on time.
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Road Worrier: Along the Outer Banks, NC DOT battles the sea

These days, it doesn't take a hurricane to clog travel plans for days at a time on the Outer Banks. But past hurricanes share some of the blame for expensive, lingering problems that make it difficult to protect NC 12 from the encroaching Atlantic.
LOCAL/STATE

Road Worrier: Let there be light on the highways, McCrory says

NCDOT and local cities are making inroads on the Triangle’s need for new highway lights. For years, the problem in Charlotte was NCDOT’s failure to fix the old ones.
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Road Worrier: NCDOT agency had loose controls on spending, report says

The head of the Business Opportunity and Workforce Development office resigned and his boss, a deputy transportation secretary, moved to a regional DOT job after an investigation faulted the handling of federal grants.
TRAFFIC

Road Worrier: NC DMV gears up to collect county car taxes

County tax collectors hope their tax revenues will increase when the state Division of Motor Vehicles starts collecting county car property taxes. Car owners will write one check to DMV to cover the state registration fee and the county property tax.

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Crosstown Traffic blog

House rebuffs a push to put more limits on I-95 toll option

A House proposal that won unanimous approval last week to allow limited toll collection on Interstate 95 faced an unexpected challenge from toll foes when it returned for a final House floor...
Posted 05/21/2013 04:06:55 PM
Senate budget taxes hybrid cars, extends ferry tolls, broadens transportation board

Here are some of the transportation funding and policy changes outlined in the proposed Senate budget ( PDF ) released Sunday. Some of these are new proposals, and others were previously aired this...
Posted 05/20/2013 01:49:12 PM
If you blow an .05, are you too drunk to drive?

Last week the National Transportation Safety Board called on North Carolina and the other states to dial back the blood-alcohol limit used by police and the courts to determine whether someone...
Posted 05/19/2013 11:52:45 AM